Giant sea bass are thriving in Mexican waters – scientific research that found them to be critically endangered stopped at the US-Mexico border
- Written by Arturo Ramírez-Valdez, Researcher, University of California San Diego
Giant sea bass are listed as a critically endangered species. Maru Brito, CC BY-NDI was looking at the seafloor, focused on identifying fish species as I normally did when diving off of the California coast, when suddenly I felt something large above me. When I turned my head I saw a giant fish – more than 6 feet (2 meters) long –...